Filing Personal Bankruptcy Help

It is hard for anybody who becomes insolvent. It shows in no uncertain terms that your money management skills are not up to scratch and you can’t meet your commitments financially anymore. In the past becoming insolvent was just a step on the path to becoming bankrupt, nowadays it is not as certain.

By introducing legal alternatives for the high number of people suffering insolvency, the UK Government was able to solve the high number of bankruptcy rates in the country. The two solutions that the government introduced were the IVA (Individual Voluntary Arrangement) and the Debt Relief Order. Even with these legal solutions available, not everyone facing insolvency is eligible and bankruptcy is the only choice.

The hardest part of bankruptcy is that there is a massive social stigma attached to it. People see it as a failure financially. Older generations never saw credit dished out to such an extent, and will not have seen such high levels of debt that is around now, so they look down on those who go bankrupt.

It is completely public information if you were to go bankrupt, so it is not something that you can just cover up. It is only in recent times that the local newspapers stopped having a page where people were very publically declared bankrupt. If a person is seen as being “important” to an area it will still be announced in the paper. However not so many “normal” people will have their case published in the press. This does not mean those who go bankrupt are off the hook – the London press publishes all national cases and for anybody who is looking then the Insolvency Service holds details on all bankrupts. It is also something that stays on your credit record for 6 years and there are cases when somebody has a “long term clause” which means it all lasts for longer! This is essentially a way to stop them getting more credit in the future.

For these reasons, bankruptcy should very rarely be considered. It is a last resort and only those in financial desperation should consider it. Bankruptcy has long term repercussions that will affect the individuals financial record for many years and is a particularly unpleasant process to go through both personally and socially.

Residents of Scotland seeking an alternative to bankruptcy are not eligible for IVA. The Scottish equivalent are Trust Deeds.

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